Bloody Fingers

'I dreamed I was playing onstage and I was really confused because the song I was playing didn't seem to be the same song the rest of the band was playing," says Kyrsten Hopkins, bass player for the San Diego rock band Magnuson. "When I looked over at the other band members, I didn't recognize them. Turns out I was so excited about playing the show that I jumped up onstage with the band [playing] before us."

"I had one dream where the stage broke from under me," says Chula Vista native Matt Guthrie, the band's drummer, "and then the very next gig at Brick by Brick, the light fixture fell and hit me."

The band gets its name from guitarist Greg Magnuson, who also surfs and makes his own instruments.

Krysten "One time we played at the Honey Bee Hive. I broke a string and had to switch guitars, then broke another string. That was the only show I've ever broken strings at. My fingers were bleeding at the end of that one."

Matt "My first time playing the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. We drove so far for such a short show -- ten hours for 45 minutes. One for the memory books."

Greg "Palms Casino, with Paris Hilton in the crowd."

TOP FIVE END-OF-THE-WORLD CDs?

Matt

1. Killswitch Engage, The End of Heartache.

2. Tool, Aenima.

3. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon.

4. Led Zeppelin I.

5. The Doors.

Greg

1. The World Won't Listen by the Smiths. "Best selection and versions of their songs on one disc."